Women Risk of Sudden Death High Even for Light Smokers

Researchers led by Dr. Roopinder Sandhu at the University of Alberta’s Mazankowski Heart Institute, in Canada, report in the journal Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology that women who currently smoke are nearly two and a half times more likely to die from sudden cardiac death — a loss of heart function and the largest cause of natural death in the U.S. — than those who never smoked. Read all [link to healthland.time.com]